AT&T has launched the beta version of a new social network-meets-search engine called Buzz. The main idea of Buzz is to give and get recommendations for local businesses, services and restaurants from your own friends. Buzz encourages you to register with Facebook, and then whenever you post a question in Buzz it re-posts it to  your FB page and tries to get input from your actual friends, as opposed to strangers at other referral sites.

They have a nice little video explaining how it works at Buzz.com, so take a look. The Buzz.com site can be accessed through the desktop or a Windows Phone by going to m.buzz.com. Word is that AT&T is developing a standalone Buzz app a-la Bing Mobile or Facebook Mobile for other OS’s.

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